NEIBA Bestseller List

For the week ending
Sunday, May 3rd, 2026  

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HARDCOVER FICTION

1. Yesteryear (Indies Introduce)
Caro Claire Burke, Knopf, $30, 9780593804216
2. The Correspondent
Virginia Evans, Crown, $28, 9780593798430
3. The Keeper
Tana French, Viking, $32, 9780593493465
4. Transcription
Ben Lerner, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $25, 9780374618599
5. Go Gentle
Maria Semple, G.P. Putnam's Sons, $30, 9798217176632
6. We Burned So Bright
TJ Klune, Tor Books, $25.99, 9781250881236
7. A Deadly Episode
Anthony Horowitz, Harper, $32, 9780063305748
8. American Fantasy
Emma Straub, Riverhead Books, $30, 9798217046850
9. Kin
Tayari Jones, Knopf, $32, 9780525659181
10. Heart the Lover
Lily King, Grove Press, $28, 9780802165176
11. Into the Blue
Emma Brodie, Ballantine Books, $30, 9798217093700
12. The News from Dublin: Stories
Colm Tóibín, Scribner, $29, 9781476785141
13. Ghost Town
Tom Perrotta, Scribner, $28, 9781668080634
14. The Night We Met (Indie Exclusive Edition)
Abby Jimenez, Forever, $30, 9781538780688
15. Between Two Fires
Christopher Buehlman, Tor Nightfire, $29.99, 9781250439208

HARDCOVER NONFICTION

1. Strangers: A Memoir of Marriage
Belle Burden, The Dial Press, $30, 9780593733318
2. London Falling: A Mysterious Death in a Gilded City and a Family's Search for Truth
Patrick Radden Keefe, Doubleday, $35, 9780385548533
3. Famesick: A Memoir
Lena Dunham, Random House, $32, 9780593129326
4. Dogs, Boys, and Other Things I've Cried About: A Memoir
Isabel Klee, William Morrow, $28, 9780063451070
5. The Best Dog in the World: Essays on Love
Alice Hoffman (Ed.), Scribner, $22, 9781668209028
6. A World Appears: A Journey into Consciousness
Michael Pollan, Penguin Press, $32, 9781984881991
7. The Future Is Peace: A Shared Journey Across the Holy Land
Aziz Abu Sarah, Maoz Inon, Crown, $30, 9798217086511
8. Here Where We Live Is Our Country: The Story of the Jewish Bund
Molly Crabapple, One World, $32, 9780593229453
9. The Emerson Circle: The Concord Radicals Who Reinvented the World
Bruce Nichols, Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster, $32, 9781668094877
10. The Gales of November: The Untold Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald
John U. Bacon, Liveright, $35, 9781324094647
11. The Meaning of Your Life: Finding Purpose in an Age of Emptiness
Arthur C. Brooks, Portfolio, $30, 9780593545423
12. Lessons from Cats for Surviving Fascism
Stewart Reynolds, Grand Central Publishing, $13, 9781538778005
13. This Vast Enterprise: A New History of Lewis & Clark
Craig Fehrman, Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster, $35, 9781982174248
14. How to Start: Discovering Your Life's Work
Jodi Kantor, Little, Brown and Company, $25, 9780316609555
15. When the Forest Breathes: Renewal and Resilience in the Natural World
Suzanne Simard, Knopf, $30, 9780593318683

TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION

1. Theo of Golden
Allen Levi, Atria Books, $20, 9781668236512
2. Project Hail Mary (Movie Tie-In)
Andy Weir, Ballantine Books, $22, 9798217299461
3. James
Percival Everett, Vintage, $20, 9780593686867
4. The God of the Woods
Liz Moore, Riverhead Books, $19, 9780593418925
5. The Lion Women of Tehran
Marjan Kamali, Gallery Books, $18.99, 9781668036594
6. Dungeon Crawler Carl
Matt Dinniman, Ace, $20, 9780593820254
7. Remarkably Bright Creatures
Shelby Van Pelt, Ecco, $19.99, 9780063204164
8. The Road to Tender Hearts
Annie Hartnett, Ballantine Books, $20, 9780593873465
9. The Frozen River
Ariel Lawhon, Vintage, $18, 9780593312070
10. I Who Have Never Known Men
Jacqueline Harpman, Transit Books, $16.95, 9781945492600
11. On the Calculation of Volume (Book I)
Solvej Balle, Barbara J. Haveland (Transl.), New Directions, $15.95, 9780811237253
12. Heartwood
Amity Gaige, Simon & Schuster, $19, 9781668063613
13. Hamnet
Maggie O'Farrell, Vintage, $19, 9781984898876
14. Three Days in June
Anne Tyler, Vintage, $18, 9780593689325
15. The Names
Florence Knapp, Penguin Books, $20, 9780593833926

TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION

1. Raising Hare: A Memoir
Chloe Dalton, Vintage, $21, 9780593689004
2. A Walk in the Park: The True Story of a Spectacular Misadventure in the Grand Canyon
Kevin Fedarko, Scribner, $22, 9781501183065
3. The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession
Michael Finkel, Vintage, $18, 9781984898456
4. The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
Erik Larson, Crown, $22, 9780385348768
5. The Beginning Comes After the End: Notes on a World of Change
Rebecca Solnit, Haymarket Books, $16.95, 9798888904510
6. On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
Timothy Snyder, Crown, $14, 9780804190114
7. Be Ready When the Luck Happens: A Memoir
Ina Garten, Crown, $22, 9780593800027
8. The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
David Grann, Vintage, $21, 9780307742490
9. An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s
Doris Kearns Goodwin, Simon & Schuster, $21, 9781982108670
10. Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland
Patrick Radden Keefe, Vintage, $22, 9780307279286
11. The Bookshop: A History of the American Bookstore
Evan Friss, Penguin Books, $20, 9780593299944
12. Signs: The Secret Language of the Universe
Laura Lynne Jackson, Dial Press Trade Paperback, $22, 9780399591617
13. Plant This, Not That: Over 200 Native Plant Swaps for a More Sustainable, Pollinator-Friendly Garden
Elise Howard, Workman Publishing Company, $22.99, 9781523525911
14. Memorial Days: A Memoir
Geraldine Brooks, Penguin Books, $19, 9780593654002
15. All About Love: New Visions
bell hooks, William Morrow Paperbacks, $17.99, 9780060959470

MASS MARKET

1. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $12, 9780451524935
2. A Game of Thrones
George R.R. Martin, Random House Worlds, $9.99, 9780553593716
3. The Diary of a Young Girl
Anne Frank, Bantam, $9.99, 9780553577129
4. The Name of the Wind
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $10.99, 9780756404741
5. Animal Farm
George Orwell, Signet, $12, 9780451526342
6. Dune Messiah
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780593098233
7. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Douglas Adams, Del Rey, $9.99, 9780345391803
8. The Well of Ascension
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $11.99, 9781250318572
9. Hyperion
Dan Simmons, Spectra, $11, 9780553283686
10. Mistborn: The Final Empire
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9781250318541

CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED

1. It's My Bird-Day!
Mo Willems, Union Square Kids, $18.99, 9781454999621
2. Construction Site: Firefight!
Sherri Duskey Rinker, AG Ford (Illus.), Chronicle Books, $18.99, 9781797226590
3. Make Way for Ducklings
Robert McCloskey, Puffin, $10.99, 9780140564341
4. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $10.99, 9780694003617
5. Blueberries for Sal
Robert McCloskey, Puffin, $9.99, 9780140501698
6. Good Night, Little Blue Truck
Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry (Illus.), Clarion Books, $10.99, 9780358229278
7. Oh, the Places You'll Go!
Dr. Seuss, Random House Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780679805274
8. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, World of Eric Carle, $10.99, 9780399226908
9. Good Night, Gorilla
Peggy Rathmann, G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers, $8.99, 9780399230035
10. Construction Site: Dad and His Crew Power Through!
Sherri Duskey Rinker, AG Ford (Illus.), Chronicle Books, $12.99, 9781797238500

CHILDREN'S INTEREST

1. Spy School Secret Service the Graphic Novel
Stuart Gibbs, Anjan Sarkar (Illus.), Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $14.99, 9781665956635
2. Captain Underpants: The First Epic Manga
Dav Pilkey, Motojiro (Illus.), Graphix, $14.99, 9781546151210
3. A Potion, a Powder, a Little Bit of Magic: Or, Like Lightning in an Umbrella Storm
Philip C. Stead, Neal Porter Books, $18.99, 9780823458097
4. Impossible Creatures
Katherine Rundell, Ashley Mackenzie (Illus.), Yearling, $11.99, 9780593809891
5. The Book Thief
Markus Zusak, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $16.99, 9780375842207
6. Odder: The Novel
Katherine Applegate, Charles Santoso (Illus.), Square Fish, $8.99, 9781250423429
7. Super Duper Extra Deluxe Essential Handbook (Pokémon)
Scholastic, $16.99, 9781339028019
8. Pocket Bear
Katherine Applegate, Feiwel & Friends, $17.99, 9781250904362
9. The Faraway Inn
Sarah Beth Durst, Delacorte Press, $14.99, 9798217024308
10. The Trouble with Heroes
Kate Messner, Bloomsbury Children's Books, $17.99, 9781547616398

CHILDREN'S SERIES TITLES

1. Dawn on the Coast: A Graphic Novel (The Baby-Sitters Club #19)
Ann M. Martin, Arley Nopra (Illus.), Graphix, $14.99, 9781546135548
2. Dog Man: Big Jim Believes
Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $15.99, 9781546176183
3. Sunrise on the Reaping (A Hunger Games Novel)
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic Press, $27.99, 9781546171461
4. The Hybrid Prince (Wings of Fire, Book 16)
Tui T. Sutherland, Scholastic Press, $19.99, 9781546129547
5. Cat Kid Comic Club
Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338712766
6. Rise of the Earth Dragon (Dragon Masters, #1)
Tracey West, Graham Howells (Illus.), Scholastic, $5.99, 9780545646239
7. Mockingjay (The Final Book of the Hunger Games)
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic, $12.99, 9780545788298
8. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days
Jeff Kinney, Abrams, $14.99, 9781419741883
9. The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson & the Olympians, #1)
Rick Riordan, Hyperion, $10.99, 9781368051477
10. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Partypooper
Jeff Kinney, Harry N. Abrams, $15.99, 9781419782695